HP Pavillion dv6000 Wireless not working

[silverado002]

network wireless adapter .... easy and quick works everytime

[Davo_Australia]

DO NOT start unistalling updates or removing hardware etc, I justr had this issue called HP Support and thier only advise was to back up files and image then do a complete restore! I did ask If I loos my installed software packages in the process what was the advice, I was advised to contact all the software providers etc!!! So instead I thought I would OPEN THE DEVICE MANAGER FROM THE CONTROL PANEL, THEN I CLICKED THE SCREEN WITH THE MAGNIFYING GLASS (SCNA FOR HARDWARE CHANGES) HEY PRESTO THE WIRELESS ADAPTER DRIVER POPPED BACK INTO THE NETWORK ADAPTERS FOLDER, SO i ROLLED BACK THE DRIVER FROM THE PROPERTIES SECTION WITHIN THE DRIVER CONTROL WINDOW AND ALL REMAINS WELL HOPE THIS HELPS

[Manon]

My fix doesn't always seem to work, so I'm going to try yours in a second. When I close the lid, the card seems to fail on a regular basis.

Also, I've discovered that if I put my USB wireless adapter in, sometimes THAT fixes it.

I think the computer is getting old, and that's why the card is flaking more and more. It's always done it every once in a long while, but not to the extent it does now.

Oh well, better than my sister's Pavillion which just up and completely died on her. It's been pretty solid, other than the wireless card, thus far.

Now to back it up, since I just jinxed myself. 

[n6pcd]

I have the same issue with my dv6000. Mine has no internal microphones, but has a remote control transmitter in the PCI socket on the right side. OS is Windows XP Media Center addition.

There is no provision in the BIOS to recognize and enable the WiFi card, which is installed in it's connector on the mobo, complete with the antenna cables attached. I've loaded the latest BIOS & chipset versions. I've also installed the Wifi Helper software.

Neither the Wifi switch on the front edge or the Fn key combo have any effect. WiFi light stays orange.

I finally bought one of Monoprice.com's mini-USB wireless N adapters to solve the issue. $8.00 for a fine quality device.

Still, I find this to be damned annoying.:smileymad:

I'll stick with Dell from now on.

[FairportPhil]

Re: DV6215 Internal Wireless failure & Card Reader Failure

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a moment ago

Had same problem. Completely reloaded Vista, and all service packs, and BIOS. Still did not work. Went to BestBuy and bought Belkin USB N150 wireless adapter for $29. Popped in the software disk (included), plugged in the usb adapter and I am back in business. The orange light remains on all the time on the front of my 6000 series laptop, but the usb adapter works in place of the internal Broadcom adapter. The problem with many of the 6000 series hp laptops is that the Broadcom internal wireless card loses its interface with the motherboard, due to a motherboard failure. The problem is NOT in the Broadcon wireless adapter card inside the computer. Don't waste time with this problem. Get the USB adapter, connect to your wireless network, and ignore the orange light on the laptop !!!

[n6pcd]

That's just what I did. The problem is that the WiFi socket gets it's power from the GPU, which apparently wasn't properly soldered on many of these motherboards. This can be fixed by a source I found on the Internet, but the cost is $125.00. The USB adapter is WAY cheaper.

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Had same problem. Completely reloaded Vista, and all service packs, and BIOS. Still did not work. Went to BestBuy and bought Belkin USB N150 wireless adapter for $29. Popped in the software disk (included), plugged in the usb adapter and I am back in business. The orange light remains on all the time on the front of my 6000 series laptop, but the usb adapter works in place of the internal Broadcom adapter. The problem with many of the 6000 series hp laptops is that the Broadcom internal wireless card loses its interface with the motherboard, due to a motherboard failure. The problem is NOT in the Broadcon wireless adapter card inside the computer. Don't waste time with this problem. Get the USB adapter, connect to your wireless network, and ignore the orange light on the laptop !!!

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[Bigfoot35]

Thanks for the help that was a sure fire fix. 🙂

[ism]

i tried the remove battery with HP support on the phone.  we spent over 90 minutes removing batteries, wireless network cards, etc....still not functioning.

after one week of doing every system check under the sun, I do know that the driver for the wifi has disappeared and there does not seem to be a way to get it back.  My computer still thinks it has no network card...and, i put in a new network card to replace the one that apparently was/was not broken.

not happy...no computer!!

[FairportPhil]

I did exactly the same things before doing what I did. See my post above ^

[Kzahrai]

You are most likely missing the proper drivers. If nobody else has suggested this as the case, let me know and I can attempt to guide you to finding your drivers.